{"product_id":"the-essential-reinhold-niebuhr-reinhold-niebuhr-9780300040012","title":"The Essential Reinhold Niebuhr: Selected Essays and Addresses","description":"\u003cp\u003eTheologian, ethicist, and political analyst, Reinhold Niebuhr was a towering figure of twentieth-century religious thought. Now newly repackaged, this important book gathers the best of Niebuhr's essays together in a single volume. Selected, edited, and introduced by Robert McAfee Brown--a student and friend of Niebuhr's and himself a distinguished theologian--the works included here testify to the brilliant polemics, incisive analysis, and deep faith that characterized the whole of Niebuhr's life.\u003c\/p\u003e\"This fine anthology makes available to a new generation the thought of one of the most penetrating and rewarding of twentieth-century minds. Reinhold Niebuhr remains the great illuminator of the dark conundrums of human nature, history and public policy.\"--Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.\u003cbr\u003e\"Sparkling gems. . . brought from the shadows of history into contemporary light. Beautifully selected and edited, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethey show that Niebuhr's fiery polemics and gracious assurances still speak with power to us today.\"--Roger L. Shinn\u003cbr\u003e\"An extremely useful volume.\"--David Brion Davis, \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"This collection, which brings together Niebuhr's most penetrating and enduring essays on theology and politics, should demonstrate for a new generation that his best thought transcends the immediate historical setting in which he wrote. . . .  Brown's] introduction succinctly presents the central features of Niebuhr's life and thought.\"--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Reinhold Niebuhr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300040016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300040012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/10\/1987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.35h x 6.05w x 0.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/07\/1987","brand":"Reinhold Niebuhr","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992916525311,"sku":"9780300040012","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fcee1829-40ca-4a76-b21d-ca09d46032c8.jpg?v=1683321518","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-essential-reinhold-niebuhr-reinhold-niebuhr-9780300040012","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}